From the Greensboro Daily News. Times are
EST, one hour behind New York. WUNC/4 Chapel
Hill and WLOS/13 Asheville are not listed.
WFMY Ch. 2 Greensboro (CBS/ABC)
7 AM Good Morning (Will Rogers, Jr.) (CBS)
8 AM Captain Kangaroo (CBS)
8:55 News (don't know if local or CBS)
9 AM Garry Moore Show (CBS)
9:30 Arthur Godfrey Time (CBS)
10:30 Strike It Rich (CBS)
11 AM Second Breakfast
11:15 Love Of Life (CBS)
11:30 Search For Tomorrow (CBS)
11:45 Guiding Light (CBS)
12 N RFD Piedmont
12:15 Devotions
12:30 As The World Turns (CBS)
1 PM What's Cooking Today
1:30 Art Linkletter's House Party (CBS)
2 PM Big Payoff (CBS)
2:30 Bob Crosby Show (CBS)
3 PM Brighter Day (CBS)
3:15 Secret Storm (CBS)
3:30 Edge Of Night (CBS) (this would move
to 9:30 AM when daylight saving time
ended, but sometime in 1957 WFMY began
airing it at 4:30 in the winter, then
4:30 year-round beginning in 1958)
4 PM Tele-Story Time
4:30 Old Rebel And Pecos Pete
5 PM Mickey Mouse Club (ABC)
6 PM Evening Edition
6:10 Weather
6:15 Douglas Edwards With The News (CBS)
6:30 Robin Hood (CBS)
7 PM Screen Directors' Playhouse (looks
like ABC, delay from Wednesday 8 PM)
7:30 Arthur Godfrey's Talent Scouts (CBS)
8 PM Charlie Farrell Show (CBS)
8:30 Science Fiction Theater
9 PM Studio One Summer Theater (CBS)
10 PM Burns And Allen (CBS, delay from 7 PM)
10:30 The Visitor
11 PM Les Paul And Mary Ford
11:05 Sports Final
11:10 Weather
11:15 News
11:20 Movie: "One Big Affair"
WBTV Ch. 3 Charlotte (CBS/NBC/ABC)
7 AM Good Morning
8 AM Captain Kangaroo
8:55 Rise And Shine
9 AM Garry Moore
9:30 Arthur Godfrey
10:30 Strike It Rich
11 AM Valiant Lady (CBS)
11:15 Love Of Life
11:30 Search For Tomorrow
11:45 Guiding Light
12 N Betty Feezor
12:30 As The World Turns
1 PM Man Around The House
1:30 Art Linkletter's House Party
2 PM Big Payoff
2:30 Bob Crosby
3 PM Brighter Day
3:15 Secret Storm
3:30 Edge Of Night
4 PM Fashion (nothing else given)
4:30 Matinee (nothing else given)
5 PM Sky King
5:30 Jamboree
6 PM Farm Show
6:15 Community (nothing else given)
6:30 Esso Reporter
6:45 Weather
6:50 Vespers
7 PM Burns And Allen
7:30 Arthur Godfrey's Talent Scouts
8 PM Charlie Farrell
8:30 Vic Damone (CBS)
9 PM Studio One Summer Theater
10 PM Boys Choir
10:15 Courtroom (nothing else given)
10:30 Our Miss Brooks (may be delay from
Friday 7:30--this show was playing
out its original run)
11 PM Weather
11:05 News Final
11:25 Les Paul & Mary Ford
11:30 Movie
WMFD (WECT) Ch. 6 Wilmington (NBC/CBS/ABC)
1:15 Message (religious)
1:30 Cooking (nothing else given)
2 PM Matinee Theater (NBC)
3 PM Edge Of Night
3:30 Music (nothing else given)
3:45 Brighter Day
4 PM Comedy Time (NBC)
4:30 This Is The Life
5 PM Kiddie Time
6 PM Cisco Kid
6:30 News (doesn't say how it's divided)
7 PM My Little Margie
7:30 Safari (To Adventure?)
8 PM My Hero
8:30 Susie
9 PM Public Defender
9:30 Mark Saber
10 PM Grand Ole Opry (probably ABC, delay
from Saturday 6:30)
11 PM News
WITN Ch. 7 Washington, NC (NBC/ABC)
1 PM Today On The Farm
1:30 Tennessee Ernie Ford (NBC)
2 PM Matinee Theater
3 PM Queen For A Day (NBC)
3:45 Modern Romances (NBC)
4 PM Comedy Time
4:30 Afternoon (nothing else given)
5 PM Teen Canteen
5:30 Kit Carson
6 PM News
6:15 Weather
6:25 Sports
6:30 Mark Saber
7 PM Producer's Showcase: "The Lord
Don't Play Favorites" (NBC)
8:30 Robert Montgomery Presents (NBC)
9:30 Highway Patrol
10 PM Theater (again, don't know)
11 PM News
11:05 Weather
11:10 Sports
WNCT Ch. 9 Greenville, NC (CBS/ABC)
6:45 Riders (sounds like some sort of
country-music group)
6:55 Weather
7 AM Good Morning
8 AM Captain Kangaroo
9 AM Romper Room
9:30 Arthur Godfrey
10:30 Strike It Rich
11 AM Meditations
11:15 Love Of Life
11:30 Search For Tomorrow
11:45 Guiding Light
12 N Riders
12:10 Weather
12:15 Debnam Views The News (W.E. Debnam
was a legend in eastern North Carolina
in the '50s and '60s)
12:30 As The World Turns
1 PM Johnny Carson Show (CBS) (this daytime
variety show suffered the same fate as
Letterman's nearly a quarter-century later:
great reviews, poor ratings--but not to
worry because Carson was headed for bigger
things: Who Do You Trust? in 1957, then The
Tonight Show in 1962)
1:30 Art Linkletter's House Party
2 PM Big Payoff
2:30 Theater (I hate these)
3 PM Brighter Day
3:15 Secret Storm
3:30 Edge Of Night
4 PM Government (a college-credit course?)
4:30 Cartoon Carnival
5 PM Theater
6 PM News
6:05 Sports
6:10 Weather
6:15 Douglas Edwards With The News
6:30 Robin Hood
7 PM Burns And Allen
7:30 Arthur Godfrey's Talent Scouts
8 PM Charlie Farrell
8:30 Vic Damone
9 PM Studio One Summer Theater
10 PM Bob Cummings Show (CBS, delay from
Thursday 7 PM)
10:30 Esso Reporter
10:40 Sports
10:45 Star Time
11 PM Weather
11:05 News Final
11:10 Movie
WTVD Ch. 11 Durham (NBC/ABC)
7 AM Today (Dave Garroway) (NBC)
9 AM Ding Dong School (NBC)
9:30 NBC Bandstand (Bert Parks hosted this
show, not to be confused with American
Bandstand)
10 AM Home (NBC)
11 AM Tic Tac Dough (NBC)
11:30 It Could Be You (NBC)
12 N News
12:15 Movie (I wonder if this is Movie Museum?)
12:30 Cooking
1 PM Today On The Farm
1:30 Tennessee Ernie Ford
2 PM Matinee Theater
3 PM Queen For A Day
3:45 Modern Romances
4 PM Afternoon Show
5 PM Mickey Mouse Club
6 PM Sportsview
6:15 John Daly And The News (ABC)
6:30 Annie Oakley
7 PM Producer's Showcase
8:30 Robert Montgomery Presents
9:30 General Electric Summer Originals
(ABC, delay from Tuesday 8 PM)
10 PM Playhouse (again, I HATE THESE!)
11 PM Weather
11:05 News
11:10 The Falcon
11:40 Previews
WSJS (WXII) Ch. 12 Winston-Salem (NBC/ABC)
6:45 Music And Prevues
7 AM Today
9 AM Ding Dong School
9:30 NBC Bandstand
10 AM Home
11 AM Tic Tac Dough
11:30 It Could Be You
12 N Romper Room
1 PM Today On The Farm
1:30 Tennessee Ernie Ford
2 PM Matinee Theater
3 PM Queen For A Day
3:45 Modern Romances
4 PM Comedy Time: It's Always Jan (just
came off CBS)
4:30 United Fund
4:45 Jolly Junction
5 PM Western Movie
5:55 Stock Market Report
6 PM Sports Desk
6:10 News--Julian Barber (I believe he
later went to DC's Channel 9)
6:25 Weather Tower
6:30 Frankie Carle Show (NBC)
6:45 NBC News Caravan
7 PM Producer's Showcase
8:30 Robert Montgomery Presents
9:30 Stage 7
10 PM Grand Ole Opry
11 PM Tonight (NBC)
12 M News Final
WNAO Ch. 28 Raleigh (CBS/ABC)
6:45 Almanac
7 AM Good Morning
8 AM Captain Kangaroo
9 AM Romper Room
9:45 Arthur Godfrey
10 AM 28 Presents
10:30 Strike It Rich
11 AM Valiant Lady
11:15 Love Of Life
11:30 This Is The Life
12 N CBS News
12:10 Stand Up And Be Counted (CBS)
12:30 Summer (something local)
1 PM Johnny Carson
1:30 28 Presents
2 PM Big Payoff
2:30 28 Presents
3 PM Afternoon
3:15 Secret Storm
3:30 Edge Of Night
4 PM Bar 28
4:55 Kiddie (rest of the title not given)
6 PM Kukla, Fran And Ollie
6:15 Douglas Edwards With The News
6:30 Robin Hood
7 PM Burns And Allen
7:30 Voice Of Firestone (ABC)
8 PM Charlie Farrell
8:30 Vic Damone
9 PM Lawrence Welk (ABC, delay from
Saturday 8 PM)
10 PM Movie
11:30 Cowboy (again, incomplete title)
EST, one hour behind New York. WUNC/4 Chapel
Hill and WLOS/13 Asheville are not listed.
WFMY Ch. 2 Greensboro (CBS/ABC)
7 AM Good Morning (Will Rogers, Jr.) (CBS)
8 AM Captain Kangaroo (CBS)
8:55 News (don't know if local or CBS)
9 AM Garry Moore Show (CBS)
9:30 Arthur Godfrey Time (CBS)
10:30 Strike It Rich (CBS)
11 AM Second Breakfast
11:15 Love Of Life (CBS)
11:30 Search For Tomorrow (CBS)
11:45 Guiding Light (CBS)
12 N RFD Piedmont
12:15 Devotions
12:30 As The World Turns (CBS)
1 PM What's Cooking Today
1:30 Art Linkletter's House Party (CBS)
2 PM Big Payoff (CBS)
2:30 Bob Crosby Show (CBS)
3 PM Brighter Day (CBS)
3:15 Secret Storm (CBS)
3:30 Edge Of Night (CBS) (this would move
to 9:30 AM when daylight saving time
ended, but sometime in 1957 WFMY began
airing it at 4:30 in the winter, then
4:30 year-round beginning in 1958)
4 PM Tele-Story Time
4:30 Old Rebel And Pecos Pete
5 PM Mickey Mouse Club (ABC)
6 PM Evening Edition
6:10 Weather
6:15 Douglas Edwards With The News (CBS)
6:30 Robin Hood (CBS)
7 PM Screen Directors' Playhouse (looks
like ABC, delay from Wednesday 8 PM)
7:30 Arthur Godfrey's Talent Scouts (CBS)
8 PM Charlie Farrell Show (CBS)
8:30 Science Fiction Theater
9 PM Studio One Summer Theater (CBS)
10 PM Burns And Allen (CBS, delay from 7 PM)
10:30 The Visitor
11 PM Les Paul And Mary Ford
11:05 Sports Final
11:10 Weather
11:15 News
11:20 Movie: "One Big Affair"
WBTV Ch. 3 Charlotte (CBS/NBC/ABC)
7 AM Good Morning
8 AM Captain Kangaroo
8:55 Rise And Shine
9 AM Garry Moore
9:30 Arthur Godfrey
10:30 Strike It Rich
11 AM Valiant Lady (CBS)
11:15 Love Of Life
11:30 Search For Tomorrow
11:45 Guiding Light
12 N Betty Feezor
12:30 As The World Turns
1 PM Man Around The House
1:30 Art Linkletter's House Party
2 PM Big Payoff
2:30 Bob Crosby
3 PM Brighter Day
3:15 Secret Storm
3:30 Edge Of Night
4 PM Fashion (nothing else given)
4:30 Matinee (nothing else given)
5 PM Sky King
5:30 Jamboree
6 PM Farm Show
6:15 Community (nothing else given)
6:30 Esso Reporter
6:45 Weather
6:50 Vespers
7 PM Burns And Allen
7:30 Arthur Godfrey's Talent Scouts
8 PM Charlie Farrell
8:30 Vic Damone (CBS)
9 PM Studio One Summer Theater
10 PM Boys Choir
10:15 Courtroom (nothing else given)
10:30 Our Miss Brooks (may be delay from
Friday 7:30--this show was playing
out its original run)
11 PM Weather
11:05 News Final
11:25 Les Paul & Mary Ford
11:30 Movie
WMFD (WECT) Ch. 6 Wilmington (NBC/CBS/ABC)
1:15 Message (religious)
1:30 Cooking (nothing else given)
2 PM Matinee Theater (NBC)
3 PM Edge Of Night
3:30 Music (nothing else given)
3:45 Brighter Day
4 PM Comedy Time (NBC)
4:30 This Is The Life
5 PM Kiddie Time
6 PM Cisco Kid
6:30 News (doesn't say how it's divided)
7 PM My Little Margie
7:30 Safari (To Adventure?)
8 PM My Hero
8:30 Susie
9 PM Public Defender
9:30 Mark Saber
10 PM Grand Ole Opry (probably ABC, delay
from Saturday 6:30)
11 PM News
WITN Ch. 7 Washington, NC (NBC/ABC)
1 PM Today On The Farm
1:30 Tennessee Ernie Ford (NBC)
2 PM Matinee Theater
3 PM Queen For A Day (NBC)
3:45 Modern Romances (NBC)
4 PM Comedy Time
4:30 Afternoon (nothing else given)
5 PM Teen Canteen
5:30 Kit Carson
6 PM News
6:15 Weather
6:25 Sports
6:30 Mark Saber
7 PM Producer's Showcase: "The Lord
Don't Play Favorites" (NBC)
8:30 Robert Montgomery Presents (NBC)
9:30 Highway Patrol
10 PM Theater (again, don't know)
11 PM News
11:05 Weather
11:10 Sports
WNCT Ch. 9 Greenville, NC (CBS/ABC)
6:45 Riders (sounds like some sort of
country-music group)
6:55 Weather
7 AM Good Morning
8 AM Captain Kangaroo
9 AM Romper Room
9:30 Arthur Godfrey
10:30 Strike It Rich
11 AM Meditations
11:15 Love Of Life
11:30 Search For Tomorrow
11:45 Guiding Light
12 N Riders
12:10 Weather
12:15 Debnam Views The News (W.E. Debnam
was a legend in eastern North Carolina
in the '50s and '60s)
12:30 As The World Turns
1 PM Johnny Carson Show (CBS) (this daytime
variety show suffered the same fate as
Letterman's nearly a quarter-century later:
great reviews, poor ratings--but not to
worry because Carson was headed for bigger
things: Who Do You Trust? in 1957, then The
Tonight Show in 1962)
1:30 Art Linkletter's House Party
2 PM Big Payoff
2:30 Theater (I hate these)
3 PM Brighter Day
3:15 Secret Storm
3:30 Edge Of Night
4 PM Government (a college-credit course?)
4:30 Cartoon Carnival
5 PM Theater
6 PM News
6:05 Sports
6:10 Weather
6:15 Douglas Edwards With The News
6:30 Robin Hood
7 PM Burns And Allen
7:30 Arthur Godfrey's Talent Scouts
8 PM Charlie Farrell
8:30 Vic Damone
9 PM Studio One Summer Theater
10 PM Bob Cummings Show (CBS, delay from
Thursday 7 PM)
10:30 Esso Reporter
10:40 Sports
10:45 Star Time
11 PM Weather
11:05 News Final
11:10 Movie
WTVD Ch. 11 Durham (NBC/ABC)
7 AM Today (Dave Garroway) (NBC)
9 AM Ding Dong School (NBC)
9:30 NBC Bandstand (Bert Parks hosted this
show, not to be confused with American
Bandstand)
10 AM Home (NBC)
11 AM Tic Tac Dough (NBC)
11:30 It Could Be You (NBC)
12 N News
12:15 Movie (I wonder if this is Movie Museum?)
12:30 Cooking
1 PM Today On The Farm
1:30 Tennessee Ernie Ford
2 PM Matinee Theater
3 PM Queen For A Day
3:45 Modern Romances
4 PM Afternoon Show
5 PM Mickey Mouse Club
6 PM Sportsview
6:15 John Daly And The News (ABC)
6:30 Annie Oakley
7 PM Producer's Showcase
8:30 Robert Montgomery Presents
9:30 General Electric Summer Originals
(ABC, delay from Tuesday 8 PM)
10 PM Playhouse (again, I HATE THESE!)
11 PM Weather
11:05 News
11:10 The Falcon
11:40 Previews
WSJS (WXII) Ch. 12 Winston-Salem (NBC/ABC)
6:45 Music And Prevues
7 AM Today
9 AM Ding Dong School
9:30 NBC Bandstand
10 AM Home
11 AM Tic Tac Dough
11:30 It Could Be You
12 N Romper Room
1 PM Today On The Farm
1:30 Tennessee Ernie Ford
2 PM Matinee Theater
3 PM Queen For A Day
3:45 Modern Romances
4 PM Comedy Time: It's Always Jan (just
came off CBS)
4:30 United Fund
4:45 Jolly Junction
5 PM Western Movie
5:55 Stock Market Report
6 PM Sports Desk
6:10 News--Julian Barber (I believe he
later went to DC's Channel 9)
6:25 Weather Tower
6:30 Frankie Carle Show (NBC)
6:45 NBC News Caravan
7 PM Producer's Showcase
8:30 Robert Montgomery Presents
9:30 Stage 7
10 PM Grand Ole Opry
11 PM Tonight (NBC)
12 M News Final
WNAO Ch. 28 Raleigh (CBS/ABC)
6:45 Almanac
7 AM Good Morning
8 AM Captain Kangaroo
9 AM Romper Room
9:45 Arthur Godfrey
10 AM 28 Presents
10:30 Strike It Rich
11 AM Valiant Lady
11:15 Love Of Life
11:30 This Is The Life
12 N CBS News
12:10 Stand Up And Be Counted (CBS)
12:30 Summer (something local)
1 PM Johnny Carson
1:30 28 Presents
2 PM Big Payoff
2:30 28 Presents
3 PM Afternoon
3:15 Secret Storm
3:30 Edge Of Night
4 PM Bar 28
4:55 Kiddie (rest of the title not given)
6 PM Kukla, Fran And Ollie
6:15 Douglas Edwards With The News
6:30 Robin Hood
7 PM Burns And Allen
7:30 Voice Of Firestone (ABC)
8 PM Charlie Farrell
8:30 Vic Damone
9 PM Lawrence Welk (ABC, delay from
Saturday 8 PM)
10 PM Movie
11:30 Cowboy (again, incomplete title)